Sunday, 22 January 2012

Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design–Vlisco exhibition at Museum voor moderne kunst, Arnhem

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from 29.01 till 06.05 “As early as 1846, the Vlisco company, based in Helmond, served the West African market with Dutch Wax textiles. F...
Friday, 20 January 2012

African Textiles in Africaniste Art–an unusual case.

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Marché en A.O.F. signed J.B. Vettiner, 1931. [click all images to enlarge]. From Christie’s sale The Africanists, Amsterdam 1 July 1998. ...
Sunday, 1 January 2012

African Textile Resources on our website updated–part three

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Below is an excerpt from the section on important textile traditions covering Asante kente cloths: Asante Kente Cloths Kente is the best...

African Textile Resources on our website updated – part two

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An excerpt from the “African Textiles Introduction” section Types of Looms: “Weaving, at its simplest, involves the regular interlacing of...
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African Textile Resources on our website updated – part 0ne.

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Over the holiday season I completed the redesign and updating of the resources section of my website. This now consists of six sections: a s...
Friday, 2 December 2011

“Fugu for life” by Kofi Akpabli

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shared from Ghana Business News “Batakari has spoken, who needs a suit? From Fufulso towards Fulaniland Fugu is king Batakari ...
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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Kuba Images online at Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photograph Archives

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Some Kuba textiles in use as court regalia, 1970. These are just a glimpse of the wonderful set of photographs taken by Life photographer ...